John Rudolph Cameron (SN 306) born at Maryborough, was a 21 year old steward when he enlisted in Ballarat on August 17th 1914. He embarked with the 8th Infantry Battalion aboard the Benalla on October 19th and sailed first to Egypt and then to Gallipoli for the April 25th 1915 landing. In October illness forced his evacuation, first to Lemnos and then on to England. After recovery and further training in England he rejoined his unit in France in January 1917. In October, in Belgium, he was wounded suffering a shrapnel wound to his leg and was again evacuated to England. He rejoined his unit in France in March 1918 and managed to avoid further wounds until granted ‘special 1914 leave’. He returned to Australia aboard the Port Sydney, disembarked at Melbourne on December 2nd 1918 and was discharged on January 31st 1919.